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(No Model.)

W. O. PERRY.

VEHICLE SPRING.

No. 384,781. Patented June 19, 1888. Q

UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE.

\VILLIAM O. PERRY, OF GHARLESTOWN, RHODE ISLAND.

VEHICLE-SPRING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 384,781, dated June 19, 1888. Application filed J'une28, 1887. Serial No. 242,799. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM C. PERRY, of Charlestouii, in the county of Washington, State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle- Springs, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the drawings aecom panying the same and making partthereof.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved form of vehicle-springs designed especially for use on buggies and light pleasurecarriages.

My improved springs are peculiar in construction, having an elongated central coil to be secured at two widely-separated points to the sides or ends of the vehicle-body, and then bent downwardly on a curve and to front and rear or to right and left about parallel to said central and fixed portion, while the extreme ends are turned up and formed with eyes to re ceive bolts by which they are suspended from shackles on the running-gear, one or both of the ends being made separately from the body of the springs and spliced on. I

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a buggy-box with one of myimproved springs applied thereto. Figs. 2and 3 represent, on a scale much enlarged, details of construction.

A represents the buggy-box,and B one of the springs in this instance shown as applied along the side of the box atits lower edge and secured thereto by clips 0, placed as far apart as possible. The central portion of thespring is formed as an elongated coil or otherwise, the ends projected to front and rear, respectively,so that thesprings and thebox, A, mounted thereon may be properly supported.

The extremities ofthe springs'are turned up,

as at D in Fig. 1', and formed with eyes E, to" receive the bolts inserted in bolt-holes F',0f-

shackles G, or are otherwise connected to the I may be formed integral with the body or coil,

while the other is made separate therefrom and joined thereto by an oblique splice. Both these forms of construction are represented in Fig. 1,while in Fig. 2 the end, D,to be spliced on is shown enlarged and provided with lateral wings or flanges d, to be clasped about the body of the spring, as in Fig. 1. through the parts to be united makes a good firm joint. Instead of being applied to the sides of the box A,the springs may be similarl y secured to the frontand rear ends, and-be supported,respectively,by the axle and rockerbar or by side bars extending from one to the other. By making one or both ends of' the spring distinct from the coil and subsequently uniting them, variations in size of the body A are readily provided for.

Having thus described this improvement of mine in vehicle-springs, I clain1 The combination, with a vehicle-body, of a pair of supporting-springs, each formed with a cent ral coil or otherwiseand secured at remote points to said body, and with projecting upturned ends, one or more of which are made separate from and applied to the springs, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

\VILLIAM O. PERRY.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN G. PERRY,- HOWARD B. PERRY.

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